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Cohen Gives Keynote in Hong Kong

Professor Jerry Cohen gave the keynote address at a conference held in Hong Kong December 10-11. The conference was organized by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Asian Development Bank. His address was entitled "The BRICS and Asia, Currency Internationalization, and International Monetary Reform."

Ph.D. Alumnus Named 2013 California Professor of the Year

Professor Manoutchehr M. Eskandari-Qajar, who received his Ph.D. in Political Science from UCSB in 1984, was named the 2013 California Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). 

Dr. Eskandari is the Chair of the Political Science and Economics Department and the Director of Middle East Studies at Santa Barbara City College, where he has worked since 1992.

International Relations Speaker Series "Sending a Signal of Prowess? Nuclear Tests and Technological Spillover"

Event Start: May 10, 2013 07:00 PM

Event End: May 10, 2013 07:00 PM

Event Location: Lane Room

Speaker:
Christopher Sprecher, Visiting Professor, UCSB

Talk: Exceptionalism Revisited: American Political Development in Comparative Perspective. President, Congress, and Parties

Event Start: January 10, 2014 12:00 AM

Event End: January 10, 2014 12:00 AM

Event Location: Lane Room

Speaker:
Axel Hadenius, Visiting Researcher in the Department of Political Science at UCSB

Graduate Student Award Winners for 2012

At its annual Graduate Awards Reception, the following graduate students were recognized by the Political Science Department.

Three students were awarded the Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award:

     Joshua Dean
     Brian Lovato
     Alisa Rod

Colin Reed Manzer-Robert G.Wesson Awards for best papers were given in the following categories:

CANCELED! International Relations Speaker Series: Asst. Professor Yon Lupu

Event Start: February 13, 2013 08:00 PM

Event End: February 13, 2013 08:00 PM

Event Location: Lane Room
THIS EVENT CANCELED

Yon Lupu, Assistant Professor, George Washington University
(currently visiting fellow at Princeton)
will give a talk on Human rights and IOs.

Identity Speaker Series "Does Democracy Help Maintain Ethnic Identity? The Case of Estonia"

Event Start: October 17, 2013 11:00 PM

Event End: October 17, 2013 11:00 PM

Event Location: The Lane Room

Speaker:
Lilia Sokolinskaja, former Parliamentary Reporter, Radio 4 Tallinn, Estonia

Interntional Relations Talk: Coercive Threats and Reputation-Building in International Crises

Event Start: March 11, 2014 07:30 PM

Event End: March 11, 2014 07:30 PM

Event Location: Ellison Hall 3824

Speaker:
Todd S. Sechser, Assistant Professor, Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, University of Virginia